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Seagate

Basic 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2020.

Average Bench: 46.2% (369th of 1015)

Based on 962 user benchmarks.  Model: Seagate Basic
Poor: 15%Average: 46.2% Great: 67%

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Below average average bench

The Seagate Basic 2TB averaged 53.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.65MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.93MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Seagate Basic 2TB is 51.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Seagate Basic 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 70.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 66.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 962 samples)
Rank 36946.2%
Min Avg Max
26.1 Read 70.4 112
20.9 Write 84.9 127
24.5 Mixed 66.2 91.2
26 SusWrite 90.5 130
57.7% 78 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.93 1.7
0.3 4K Write 1.19 2.1
0.1 4K Mixed 0.65 1
132% 0.92 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 127 125 126 128 124 MB/s
64.8% Good
Read 100
Write 112
Mixed 84.6
SusWrite 126
78% 106 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
153% 1 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 126 123 125 130 129 MB/s
61.5% Good
Read 88
Write 131
Mixed 98.2
SusWrite 126
82% 111 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.9
166% 1.07 MB/s
324GB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 99 108 107 109 106 MB/s
55.6% Above average
Read 87.8
Write 108
Mixed 89.7
SusWrite 106
72% 97.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.4
106% 0.87 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 110 113 115 113 111 MB/s
53.5% Above average
Read 75.6
Write 85.2
Mixed 84.2
SusWrite 111
66% 89 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.9
131% 0.6 MB/s
381GB free
Firmware: 9340
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 98 96 96 96 MB/s
53.3% Above average
Read 90.2
Write 125
Mixed 83.9
SusWrite 95.8
73% 98.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.9
143% 0.7 MB/s
661GB free
Firmware: 9340
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 96 97 97 98 98 MB/s
50.2% Above average
Read 77
Write 90.6
Mixed 76.6
SusWrite 98
63% 85.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.6
112% 0.8 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 40 40 40 41 39 MB/s
21.4% Poor
Read 34.5
Write 34.4
Mixed 32.1
SusWrite 39.6
26% 35.2 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.4
135% 0.93 MB/s
487GB free
Firmware: 0712
SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 80 68 59 46 86 MB/s
20.8% Poor
Read 2
Write 27.9
Mixed 56
SusWrite 70.3
30% 39.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.5
99% 0.73 MB/s
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Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 88%
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Workstation
Workstation 68%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G5 KC

CPU
Core i5-10500HIntelBench 80%, 12,921 samples1,599x
Core i7-10870HIntelBench 79%, 23,498 samples29x
GPU
RTX 3060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 90%, 102,706 samples945x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples683x
SSD
ESR512GTLCG-EAC- 512GBNvmeBench 213%, 1,053 samples552x
SX8200PNP-512GT- 512GBNvmeBench 234%, 448 samples318x
ESR512GTLCG-EAC-4 512GBBench 198%, 1,803 samples151x
RAM
M471A1K43DB1-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 86%, 69,946 samples461x
8ATF1G64HZ-3G2R1 2x8GBMicronBench 83%, 15,291 samples340x
M471A1G44AB0-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 68%, 57,752 samples326x
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